The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...
The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...
WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmallow. The origins of these ...
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury orbits ...
Models of planetary development offered further support for the hypothesis, suggesting a planet entirely different from the ... diversity of planets (just like this strange object in our Solar System) ...
The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...
When astronomers found a large world farther out than Pluto, it became one of the final nails in the coffin of our ninth ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...
Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...
Water, one of the essential ingredients for life on Earth, did not appear on the planet until after the moon-forming event, a new study claims ...
Starting up again Saturday, a sweeping view of our solar system will glow in the night sky. The planetary alignment, or a ...
Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...